Tracadie United Baptist Church located in Monastery, Nova Scotia was planted in 1787 because the vast majority of early Loyalist, Maroon, and Immigrant settlers in the region, were denied the freedom to worship or be baptized in a local church.

First settlers to this region were Black Loyalists. In 1787, Thomas Brownspriggs and 74 other Black Loyalist families were granted 3,000 acres of land in what is known today as East Tracadie, Antigonish County.